Heather Anne

1) My brother-in-law, Jeremy (father of the wayward dragon), asked me to post a link to fella named The Fat Cyclist. He's a, well, he's a cyclist. He has a blog that's really been an inspiration to Jeremy. And sometimes the blog makes Jeremy giggle like a little girl. The Fat Cyclist's wife is fighting a second round of breast cancer, which has spread to her lymph nodes. He is raising money on his blog for cancer research by selling pink jerseys. You can find out more about it here.

2) Chris Jordan is opening an exhibit an the Von Lintel Gallery in New York on June 14th. It's called Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait. It depicts the disposable stuff Americans use every day. It's pretty crazy. A picture's worth a thousand statistics I guess. You can view the collection here.

3) There is a program called Soles4Souls that matches up shoes you don't wear anymore with people who don't have shoes. Amy and I probably have a hundred pairs of unused shoes in good condition between the two of us. I'm going to pack them up this weekend.

4) PAWS (The Performing Animal Welfare Society) says $5 can make a world of difference for an animal. You can save a tiger, a bear, an elephant, a lion, or even a monkey with a few bucks. I, of course, opted for the monkey.

5) Have a beautiful weekend.

Edited to add:

6) The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows cover art for the deluxe edition was released on The Today Show this morning. I think it's Mary GrandPre's best cover of all. (Dude! A dragon!)